Application of transvaginal hydrolaparoscopy for ovarian drilling using Nd:YAG laser in infertile women with polycystic ovary syndrome

Reproductive Medicine and Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-40

  Hirano, Yuki ^a   Shibahara, Hiroaki ^a   Takamizawa, Satoru ^a   Suzuki, Izumi ^a   Yamanaka, Seiji ^a   Suzuki, Tatsuya ^a   Fujiwara, Hiroyuki ^a   Suzuki, Mitsuaki ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

anovulation; laser vaporization; ovarian drilling; polycystic ovary syndrome; transvaginal hydrolaparoscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 26444528554     PISSN: 14455781     EISSN: 14470578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-5781.2003.00018.x     Document Type: Article

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